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- Title
Analysis of deoxynucleosides in bacteriophages ϕEF24C and K and the frequency of a specific restriction site in the genomes of members of the bacteriophage subfamily Spounavirinae.
- Authors
Uchiyama, Jumpei; Maeda, Yusuke; Takemura, Iyo; Gamoh, Keiji; Matsuzaki, Shigenobu; Daibata, Masanori
- Abstract
The genera SPO1-like and Twort-like viruses in the subfamily Spounavirinae of the family Myoviridae have been newly proposed, with the reorganization of the SPO1-related bacteriophages (phages). A criterion defining these viral genera is the presence/absence of DNA modifications. In this study, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry showed that phages ϕEF24C and K of the subfamily Spounavirinae have unmodified DNA, which classifies them as Twort-like viruses. Moreover, in the subfamily Spounavirinae, DNA modification and elimination of a particular DNA sequence were suggested to be the major antirestriction strategies of the SPO1-like and Twort-like viruses, respectively.
- Subjects
BACTERIOPHAGES; NUCLEOSIDE derivatives; VIRAL genomes; LIQUID chromatography-mass spectrometry; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE genomes
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2012, Vol 157, Issue 8, p1587
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-012-1324-9